Mount and Blade Central Asia

That battle also became Hussein's best life-saving medicine. The devil-like prince made him realize that there are some things in this world that he cannot solve even if he goes into a state of rage.

But today, Hussein took the initiative to throw himself into the enemy's encirclement because he believed that he was the answer to the survival problem of the Black Sheep People and he could kill the Mongolian shaman!

hum!

Badak shot the sharp arrow in his hand again. This time, the straight-line distance between them was less than twenty meters, which was exactly the distance range where the Mongolian bow had the strongest lethality!

However, Hussein caught the sharp arrow that had just flown away from the bow. The huge kinetic energy converted from the elastic potential energy accumulated by the deformation of the composite material slowly succumbed to Hussein's muscle strength, and finally stopped just a finger's distance from Hussein's eyebrows.

"Give it back to you!" Hussein stretched out his arms and threw the arrow in his hand back hard. The arrow instantly penetrated into Bardock's abdomen at a speed no slower than when it came.

Bardock's eyes widened under the helmet. The physical pain was bearable. As a soldier who had fought his way up from the bottom, Bardock had suffered so many injuries that he was used to such pain. However, the mental shock made it difficult for Bardock to accept it.

How is this possible... Bardock knew that there would always be some particularly strange and bizarre things happening on the battlefield. He had heard many similar legends and even almost saw one with his own eyes. It was about a Christian knight who burst out with powerful strength in a desperate situation. It was said that he killed an entire century with just a sword and a shield. In the end, when Bardock's team was about to go into battle, they were killed by the previous century.

Bardock only saw his corpse and the corpses he created. The place did not look like a battlefield, but more like a disaster area hit by a storm.

And now, he finally encountered such a monster. There was only one word left in Bardock's mind: fight!

The wound on the stomach won't kill him in the short term, but the enemy in front of him is about to die!

Hussein took a few quick steps and stepped over all the enemies who tried to block him. He even jumped up and stepped on an enemy who was rushing towards him head-on, then "flew" directly towards Badak, the last barrier standing in front of the Mongolian shaman!

At this moment, the next arrow in Bardock's hand had just been put on the string. The penetrating wound in his abdomen still affected his movements. He was not arrogant enough to think that he could fight a monster like that with a sword, so he wanted to use a bow and arrow to finish off the enemy at the last moment.

The biggest difference between humans and beasts is that they can use tools, and the bow and arrow is undoubtedly one of the longest-standing and sharpest tools among the many tools used for killing made by humans.

However, he also knew that it was too late, so Bardock closed his eyes, and in the last moment of his life, what he thought in his heart was - I will prove myself in the last moment of my life, prove my bravery and... loyalty, if this country still needs it.

He was a centurion appointed by the great conqueror himself, while Li Rufeng was still nominally a part of the Khanate, and he was also the grandson-in-law of the great conqueror. From any perspective, Li Rufeng was qualified to represent the will of the Khanate on this land.

Bardock was even somewhat relieved that he had found an opportunity worth dying for before he died.

He dreams of returning to his hometown, but is afraid of the consequences of his brothers killing each other. At this moment, Bardock finally lets go...

Well, as a last-minute recollection, isn't this a bit too long? Bardock spoke out everything he wanted to say, but death still didn't arrive. A sudden sense of shame made Bardock open his eyes, breaking the sacrificial temple he had built for himself and seeing clearly what was happening in the real world.

He saw Li Rufeng holding a sharp blade, blocking the black sheep man's scimitar half a horse's length in front of him!

I must be hallucinating, Bardock blinked and saw that the black sheep man seemed to be hurt. He was knocked back by Li Rufeng's sword and rolled on the ground before he was exhausted.

There must be something wrong with this world, or I'm already dead, but the god of death is an asshole and wants to play a trick on me.

The weirdest thing is, He succeeded!

Didn't Bardock know Li Rufeng's mediocre kung fu? Princess Parisa had indeed received instruction from a master, and she had been deeply absorbed in the two-handed swordplay. Bardock was confident that without a horse or a bow, he and the princess could fight each other. The outcome was uncertain, but there was a good chance that the princess would survive the injury.

After all, the two-handed sword that Parisa practiced had great destructive power, and a little bit of skill could give her a considerable advantage in battle.

As for Li Rufeng, his sword was indeed quite intimidating, but Bardock had always regarded it as some kind of ritual object for sacrifice. Moreover, Bardock knew that the gentleman was definitely a model of giving fish for three days and then drying the net for two days when it came to martial arts.

Even Princess Parisa practiced more diligently than him. If he was not on the march or fighting, Li Rufeng would never want to get up early if possible. He had an incomprehensible obsession with sleeping in, so whenever he had the chance, he would stay in bed and wouldn't get up even if he could.

However, it was this person who now stood in front of Bardock, waving that terrifying sword, blocking the seemingly unstoppable black sheep man.

I must be crazy, that arrow has poison on it!

Chapter 546 Reward, a big reward!

Li Rufeng knew his own level, and he was also very clear about how powerful the black sheep man opposite him was. After experiencing life and death on the battlefield, Li Rufeng understood the destructive power that the human race could cause much better than before he traveled through time.

Before traveling through time, Li Rufeng had indeed seen scenes in many movies where people were knocked flying with one punch. Countless movie and television stars had demonstrated the charm of martial arts to the world in various ways. However, in the wars that Li Rufeng now understood, those cool moves basically did not fall within the scope of war.

Parisa could fight very well without armor and with a wooden sword, but if she had a real sword, she would have to end the battle in four or five attacks, otherwise her physical strength would not be enough to control that two-handed sword.

Haishaer did satisfy Li Rufeng's fantasy of top human combat power to a certain extent, but he couldn't chop the person away with one sword. The person was wearing a full set of armor, holding a shield, and his total weight might be more than 100 kilograms.

To be honest, in the face of such power, the gap that skills can make up for is very limited.

The only reason why Li Rufeng dared to stand in front of Bardock was the magic sword in his hand and the personal guards behind him who were willing to sacrifice for him at any time.

That magic sword was originally the sword of Lord Milansha. According to Parisa, there is a deep connection between that magic sword and her father. Her grandfather invited Christian clergy to create it specifically to seal the power of Lord Milansha in order to prevent his son from completely degenerating into a non-human existence.

Li Rufeng had seen the Blood Knight back in the Circle, so he was somewhat skeptical of this statement. After all, judging by its size and form, the magic sword actually looked more like a scaled-down one-handed sword, a size that seemed perfectly suited for the Blood Knight to wield and chop down.

But no matter what, there must be some unspeakable secret between this magic sword and Lord Milansha, because when the black sheep man came to kill him, the magic sword actually took the initiative to send a "goodwill" signal to Li Rufeng.

It recognized the black sheep in front of it as one of the witnesses to the death of Lord Milansha and one of the murderers of its former master, so it desperately hoped that Li Rufeng would fight. And when it was unable to influence Li Rufeng's mind, it shared its power with him in a way that Li Rufeng could understand.

[You are blessed with a rare weapon, your vitality attribute +4 (temporary), two-handed weapon skill proficiency level +50 (temporary)]

Li Rufeng's original vitality attribute was only 4 points, and his two-handed weapon skill proficiency was only level 62. How to say it, a level 62 two-handed weapon skill is already a very good skill among ordinary people.

If Master Li were thrown back to the world before he crossed over, he could more than support himself by broadcasting live online with his skillful two-handed sword skills, but if he used them to risk his life on the battlefield, it would be a bit too insulting.

Li Rufeng conservatively estimated that Parisa's two-handed weapon skill level was around level 90, and the Mongolian horse archers under his command, known as the Archer, were probably at level 125 or even around level 150 in terms of bow and arrow skills.

Even with the 50-level weapon skill level bonus provided by the magic sword, Li Rufeng is only level 112 in the two-handed weapon field, and does not have the corresponding expertise bonuses at levels 75 and 100.

But those 4 points of vitality were too strong, and they doubled Mr. Li’s vitality in an instant!

Vitality attribute, as the name suggests, represents a person's physical strength, affecting strength, endurance, explosive power and even recovery and many other aspects. Li Rufeng's 4 points of vitality attribute are already due to his good foundation as a modern person, and his work and rest time and eating habits have been particularly healthy in the past few years after he traveled through time.

In terms of this attribute, Master Li has actually reached the average level of the warrior class in the tribe, and now it has doubled to 8 points. In an instant, the pain in his waist and back is gone, and he feels refreshed.

This can be compared horizontally with Li Rufeng's intelligence attribute. His intelligence attribute is 9 points. Although Li Rufeng thinks that the main reason why the system can give him a score of 9 points in intelligence attribute is because of the breadth of knowledge brought about by the information explosion in later generations, the solidified intelligence attribute still makes Li Rufeng's mind bloom.

It took him three years to learn four languages, and having a photographic memory was just a piece of cake. Li Rufeng could handle military affairs, internal affairs, and people's livelihood, and he still had the energy to fight wits and courage with the crazy people of the Four Wind Gods, thanks to his good brain.

And now, with the blessing of the magic sword, Master Li has also become "superhuman" in terms of vitality.

But the blow just now still made him realize the absolute gap in strength between himself and the black sheep man opposite him. Master Li's arm is still numb now, but because of the physical properties of the magic sword itself, the black sheep man was not in a good situation either. His scimitar cut a big gap, almost penetrating one-third of the blade itself.

Before the Black Sheep Man could come to his senses, the personal guards behind Li Rufeng completed a close-range suppressing shooting with a tacit understanding that ordinary people could hardly achieve.

Unlike Bardock's previous single-person arrow shooting, these guards had already considered the possibility of the enemy dodging in advance. Each time they drew their bows, they shot three arrows in a V-shape to cover the target to the greatest extent possible.

The distance between the two sides was too close, and the target should not have had room to dodge, but the Black Sheep Man had performed too well before, so the guards still chose this conservative tactic. They had already mastered the skills to fight against these "extraordinary people" in the previous plague war.

As expected, Hussein dodged an arrow by jumping to the left with his beast-like instinct, and then threw the damaged scimitar in his hand, deflecting another arrow by a hair's breadth, and rushed forward in the nick of time, trying to close the distance between himself and Li Rufeng.

At this time, Li Rufeng had already turned over and dismounted, and assumed the starting posture of the New Year's Greetings Sword Technique, also known as the top posture. Because the practice time was too short, Parisa suggested that he temporarily specialize in one starting posture, which was also the starting posture that could best bring out the advantages of the two-handed sword's powerful force.

He was just taking advantage of the opponent's predicament of having no other weapons in his hand but only a short-handled warhammer. As the old saying goes, an inch longer is an inch stronger, so he had to seize the advantage first.

Hussein did not stop at all because of Li Rufeng's posture. In his eyes, the elite soldiers behind Li Rufeng with eyes as sharp as hawks were standing in front of him. As for the shaman, he was far less dangerous than the sword in his hand.

Because of the destruction of the Brotherhood of Slaughter, Hussein could no longer embrace the power of the Scarlet Wind as completely as before, but this also allowed him to retain a bit of sanity in the frenzy.

He didn't know the origin of the weapon in Li Rufeng's hand. He only knew that the weapon was extremely sharp, and his intuition told him that as long as he was hit by the weapon, he would die no matter how serious the injury was.

Hussein was not afraid of death. From the moment he received the order from the Black Sheep King, he knew what price he would have to pay this time. He was only afraid that his death would not be worth it.

And now they have finally arrived at a place where it is worth dying. As long as they kill the shaman, his and his men's deaths will not be in vain.

The sounds of killing on the battlefield have gradually begun to subside, which means that the weaker side is almost dead, and Hussein only needs one chance.

The distance of seven or eight meters was covered in one go. After going berserk, Hussein could cover a distance of two meters with almost every step. The wind roared in his ears, and he felt the real resistance in the air, but the power surging from his body pushed him forward!

The guards once again shot deadly arrows. These feather arrows, which were used for close-range shooting and penetrating armor on the battlefield, easily penetrated Hussein's armor, but stopped half an inch before entering his muscles, which were as twisted as old vines.

The pain stimulated Hussein, causing his body to swell again. The moment he approached Li Rufeng, this experienced warrior dived forward and used his shoulders as a shield to slam into Li Rufeng's abdomen, leaving him no chance to chop down.

Just as Hussein said before, even if the sword was a dead object, it was more dangerous than a novice like Li Rufeng.

A veteran soldier who has been through many battles and a rookie recruit are completely two different species, and the latter can never hide his immaturity in front of the former.

Li Rufeng felt as if he was hit by a truck, and was carried backwards by the black sheep man, completely losing his balance... Well, it was not peaceful at all, as his feet were off the ground and he was flying close to the ground.

Along with the severe pain from his back, Li Rufeng saw that the black sheep man was one step faster than him. He supported himself on the ground with one hand to create space, and raised the hammer high with the other hand to swing it down. There was no time to fight back with the sword. Master Li subconsciously curled up his legs and kicked the other man in the chest, kicking him back half a step.

Fortunately, Li Rufeng usually does not need to go into battle personally, so there is no skirt armor to cover him, otherwise this action would never be so fast.

The added vitality attribute did bring about a big change. Li Rufeng used the force of the kick to roll backwards. Although he looked a little embarrassed when he stood up again, he regained the advantage in distance.

His personal guards used arrows to stop the enemy's intention to rush back instantly, and this time the long-range firepower to block the enemy was increased by powerful crossbows. The leader of the Golden Arrow Mercenary Group joined the battle breathlessly with a team of elite crossbowmen.

A crossbow arrow, at least one-third thicker in caliber than the arrows commonly used by the Mughals, was stuck in Hussein's thigh, and the crossbowman using this winch crossbow in the distance was nervously shaking the small rocker arm on the crossbow.

The crossbow arrow easily penetrated the armor and muscles, causing Hussein's movements to become severely deformed when he tried to exert force again, completely losing his chance. He looked at Li Rufeng with red eyes, as if wanting to vent all the anger in his heart and roared: "Face me like a man!"

"Shoot him five more arrows, no, three more, and I'll satisfy you!" Li Rufeng waved his hand, pointing at the crossbowmen, "Whoever hits him, I'll reward you! A big reward!"

Chapter 547: Magnificent Weapons

Facts have proved that this world is still a world of mortals, and the power of miracles is more like an embellishment of this world, giving many stories belonging to mortals some room for imagination. Therefore, Prince Milansha died in the chaos, and Hussein in front of Li Rufeng was eventually defeated by him after being hit by three arrows.

Did Li Rufeng bully anyone? Of course not. He had so many more people than this black sheep man. It was embarrassing for him to rush in front of him and speak nonsense, and even injure his general. If he fought one-on-one like a man as he said, then Li Rufeng would not only be a man, but also a fool.

If it weren't for the obsession with killing the black sheep man with the magic sword in his hand, Li Rufeng would not even be willing to do it himself. But he couldn't refuse the attribute bonus for free, right?

It is definitely worth taking some risks in exchange for some attributes, especially for a common man like Li Rufeng who is sailing against the current in the practice of martial arts. Afterwards, Li Rufeng also carefully analyzed whether he made the decision based on rational thinking or was influenced by the magic sword in his hand and made the decision on impulse.

Li Rufeng's final answer was that he had made a choice based on rational thinking. No matter how he looked at it, the magic sword's sudden burst of attributes was a temptation he could not refuse. The magic sword now had its own attribute description on the system interface.

【Eminent Weapon——Susya Demon Sword

A weapon forged by a mysterious craftsman to seal the scarlet power of Lord Milansha. It is solid and extremely sharp, with the blade burning with an eternal scarlet flame.

Temporary Solidification Feature 1: The user will be bewitched by the Demon Sword Susya, constantly refining their body and fighting skills, but will also be affected by the scarlet power, falling into an uncontrollable rage. It has been transformed and now adds +4 to the Vitality attribute and +50 to the proficiency level of two-handed weapon skills.

Temporary Solidification Feature 2: When the user kills an enemy with the Demon Sword Susya, part of the enemy's soul will be extracted from the enemy's death. These souls will be transformed into polluted vitality by the scarlet power. After the transformation, it is now added that killing enemies with this weapon can restore health. After using this weapon to kill 30 "powerful enemies recognized by the Demon Sword", you can gain vitality attributes or two-handed weapon skill specialization points or life source bonuses.

Inherent characteristic 1: prominent weapon, the legend of the magic sword Susya has been circulating among many groups. They have different attitudes towards this weapon, and it affects their attitude towards you.

Inherent Feature 2: True Name Weapon. The Demon Sword Susya contains the True Name of a powerful being. "He" has been searching for an opportunity to reclaim this weapon. You are being watched.

There are a total of four attributes, and the two temporarily solidified characteristics are obviously the system helping Li Rufeng to filter and digitize the original characteristics. Although this has weakened the power that this magic sword can give to the user to a certain extent, it can at least be used safely now.

As for the other two inherent characteristics, they seemed a bit troublesome. Li Rufeng didn't know among which groups the legend of this magic sword was circulated, but he was sure that it included the Christian demons, because this sword was originally made by them to please the great conqueror.

The Eagle of Order obviously also knew something about this sword, but because of the dramatic meeting between Li Rufeng and Haishar, the Eagle of Order tacitly agreed that it was the best choice for Li Rufeng to hold this magic sword.

But only God knows how those crazy people in Christianity and other crazy people in the other world will view Li Rufeng. However, there is good news. Li Rufeng at least knows that no matter how crazy those crazy people are, they have learned to put away their crazy side in front of people like the Great Conqueror and act like understanding and kind people.

This coincides with the path Li Rufeng is taking now. As long as you are strong enough, no idiot will bother you. As long as you are more terrifying than the most crazy person, no crazy person will dare to act crazy in front of you.

The great conqueror is the best teacher in this regard. In order to spread its religion, Christianity turned a blind eye to his massacre of Christians. In order to survive, Islam bowed to the fact that he upheld the Great Zaza calendar. It even gave rise to a new faction called secularism, which engaged in personality cult and seriously violated the doctrine.

Li Rufeng felt that he could understand more and more why the great conqueror wanted to undertake the expedition to the Ming Dynasty in his later years. After playing on the simple mode all his life, isn't it reasonable for him to want to increase the difficulty at the last minute?

After wiping out the elite Black Sheep people, Li Rufeng took the easy route. Abu Zahir surrendered without a fight, or in other words, if the residents of the city had not been unable to defeat the Black Sheep people before, they would have risen up and taken the initiative to welcome the royal army.

Anyway, this is how the few wealthy families left in the city showed off their achievements to Li Rufeng. They even carried out a few corpses to prove to Li Rufeng that when the Black Sheep people stationed in the city, they had resisted but failed.

To be honest, Li Rufeng had no interest in playing nice with the nobles in these regions. War was the thing that could change a person the most. When he first took over Aleppo, he was still carefully balancing the various forces in the city to prevent himself from overturning.

Now that he has conquered one city after another, Li Rufeng has become accustomed to these people waiting respectfully for instructions in front of him. All he has to do now is give orders and then wait for the final result.

If the result is not satisfactory, it must be because someone did not do a good job. Under the Mongolian ruling structure, there is only one outcome for those who do not do a good job, which is very simple and clear.

Li Rufeng's requirements for this city are not high now. Because of the war, the entire trade route is in a semi-stagnant state, so the city itself is in a state of decline. Li Rufeng only asks them to restore order first, resume food production as much as possible, and then wait for the governor he sent to arrive.

Governor, Governor... Li Rufeng had already asked his "fiancée" to serve as interim governor, so he was completely out of options. The person chosen to preside over the situation was the recently injured Bardock...

"I'm only slightly injured!" Badak was very reluctant about being left behind as a temporary governor. He had gotten used to life in the army, and he had also gotten used to being with his army during his years in the Ottoman Empire.

"You have a penetrating wound." Li Rufeng said as he had someone hold Baddock down and began to disinfect the wound.

Unfortunately, even though Li Rufeng's medical skills had been improving, reaching level 87 and successfully obtaining the level 75 specialty, a very important specialty, "Rescue the Dead and Heal the Wounded," he still didn't have a stable anesthetic.

[Rescue the dying and heal the wounded: (Doctor) Your medical skills are now more data-based and applicable to everyone. (Individual) Your life force is slightly increased.]

The specialties offered by the Medical Skill at level 75 were "Healing the Wounded" and "Field Hospital (Note 1)". He chose the former, while the attributes of the latter were—

[Battlefield Hospital: (Doctor) The damage taken by the wounded while moving is reduced by 50%. (Troop Commander) The HP of your cavalry mounts is increased by 15%]

It was difficult for Li Rufeng to refuse the more comprehensive bonus brought by "saving the dying and healing the wounded". Before this, although his medical skills were also effective for people other than his personal guards and followers, it was more because of the medical skills themselves that improved Li Rufeng's medical ability. Later, this improvement transformed from decay into magic, allowing Li Rufeng to challenge the god of death.

Now, the digital attributes brought by his specialties can be effective for all injured people who come into his care.

As for the life force, Li Rufeng understood it as health value, but in the real world, its existence seemed more important. The increase in life force made Li Rufeng feel as if he was a little more "healthy".

Although it did not reach the level of expelling the congestion in the body through the pores, Mr. Li did clear out a lot of debris through the normal excretion system. At that time, he had the illusion of a breeze in his ribs.

Of course, this feeling only lasted for a short period of time. Li Rufeng estimated that it was because the improvement was too small.

Bardock yelped and almost bit his tongue. He knew that Li Rufeng and the doctors he taught would use that kind of particularly strong alcohol to disinfect wounds, and he also knew that this method of disinfection would produce a strong pain reaction, but he didn't expect it to hurt so much.

It can be said that anyone who has not experienced such a thing would not be able to hold back this scream, so this was just a normal physiological reaction for Bardock, but Bardock's face immediately turned red, ashamed of his previous reaction, and he did not say a word during the subsequent stitching work, acting like a very tough guy.

But this could not save his lost face, so after Li Rufeng told him that he had to stay in Abu Zahir for a while to maintain stability, Badak chose to accept the order.

"I will leave some soldiers for you, but not too many, because we have a tough battle to fight next. But you don't have to be too anxious, this battle may last a long time." Li Rufeng comforted Badak, then packed up his things and walked towards the next wounded person.

Li Rufeng is the best doctor in the army and perhaps also the best doctor in this land, so all seriously injured soldiers need to be treated by him personally. Before Badak, he had already treated dozens of wounded soldiers.

There were gains as well. In addition to the improvement in medical skills, the trained medical staff who followed closely behind him were also growing rapidly. Li Rufeng could not teach these people too much theoretical knowledge, but what was most needed on the battlefield was hands-on ability.